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Democracy in America
Democracy in America
Author: Alexis de Tocqueville, Richard D. Heffner (Editor)
Alexis de Tocqueville considered American democracy to be the greatest political experiment of modern times and, in the 1830's, he wrote what remains the best portrait ever of the American character.
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ISBN-13: 9780451628015
ISBN-10: 0451628012
Publication Date: 2/1/1956
Pages: 317
Rating:
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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3.8 stars, based on 11 ratings
Publisher: Mentor Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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buzzby avatar reviewed Democracy in America on + 6062 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 5
Mass market paperback, abridged (if you've ever read the original, you'd understand why).
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Helpful Score: 4
A good abridgement of a classic.
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Helpful Score: 2
I highly recommend reading Democracy in America. I do not highly recommend this version - some of the "abridging" that was done deleted out some of the less flattering views of Americans that De Tocqueville expressed. In other words, this is how this particular translator wished De Tocqueville to have written about America. Choose another version if you actually want to know what DT said.
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